Piss up in brewery: CANCELLED

The Scottish Labour Party is in even more confusion than appeared last week: after Wendy Alexander’s demise as leader, the shoo-in for candidate in the Glasgow East by-election for the UK parliament failed to turn up to his own selection meeting.

In his place, Margaret Curran, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston, is likely to stand instead - either running two jobs or prompting a by-election for her seat in Holyrood. Either outcome seems pretty dumb - is she saying Westminster is more important than Holyrood?

What started as a tragedy is quickly becoming a farce.

Piss up in brewery: CANCELLED

The Scottish Labour Party is in even more confusion than appeared last week: after Wendy Alexander’s demise as leader, the shoo-in for candidate in the Glasgow East by-election for the UK parliament failed to turn up to his own selection meeting.

In his place, Margaret Curran, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston, is likely to stand instead - either running two jobs or prompting a by-election for her seat in Holyrood. Either outcome seems pretty dumb - is she saying Westminster is more important than Holyrood?

What started as a tragedy is quickly becoming a farce.

Some recent art shows in Edinburgh

Last weekend, I missed the bus that was meant to take me to the hills. Finding myself with a spare day, I decided to wander around some galleries.

I went first to the Ingleby Gallery for last exhibition in their current setting. The Ingleby is one of my favourite galleries anywhere: set in the ground floor of a Georgian townhouse, it is as if you have been invited into someone’s house to look at some art (which is, perhaps, how this gallery started: the upper floors remain a family home). It always feels like a privilege going to see art there: the scale is very personal. I love it.

For the last year, they have staged a series of duets: two artists showing together, one contemporary artist paired with another, usually less contemporary.

( Read more ... plus some photos from the Royal Botanic Garden )

Some recent art shows in Edinburgh

Last weekend, I missed the bus that was meant to take me to the hills. Finding myself with a spare day, I decided to wander around some galleries.

I went first to the Ingleby Gallery for last exhibition in their current setting. The Ingleby is one of my favourite galleries anywhere: set in the ground floor of a Georgian townhouse, it is as if you have been invited into someone’s house to look at some art (which is, perhaps, how this gallery started: the upper floors remain a family home). It always feels like a privilege going to see art there: the scale is very personal. I love it.

For the last year, they have staged a series of duets: two artists showing together, one contemporary artist paired with another, usually less contemporary.

( Read more ... plus some photos from the Royal Botanic Garden )